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  • Tags: رسالة العربية

Date: 1921 Feb 9
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings to all the family. He tells him about the dangerous economic situation in Monteria. Regarding the security, he tells him that all is good because the people in Montaria are calm. The…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_04_19210209_001.pdf

Date: 1923 Jan 23
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings. He expresses his hope to meet his family very soon.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_06_19230123_001.pdf

Date: 1923 Feb 17
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings to his mother, sisters, neighbours, friends and relatives. He promises his brother that he is making an effort to meet together before the winter.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_06_19230217_001.pdf

Date: 1923 May 4
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his kisses. He tells him that the economic situation is bad, but he has a lot of hopes regarding the oil exploitation.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_06_19230504_001.pdf

Date: 1923 June 9
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He describes his hesitation about staying in Montera or leaving to Baranquilla where the economic situation is better. He also tells his brother that he is building a new partnership in Cartagena with a…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_06_19230609_001.pdf

Date: 1923 July 15
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He tells him that he transferred his work to Cartagena where he has a new partnership. He tells him also about the conditions of this partnership. Finally, he asks God to give him the strength to fulfill his…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_06_19230715_001.pdf

Date: 1923 Aug 4
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He asks him about home and their parents. He asks him about his mother's health and his sisters' life conditions. He sends his greetings to their relatives and friends. He tells him also about the…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_06_19230804_001.pdf

Date: 1923 Sept 29
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings to his mother and sisters. He tells him about his desire to move to Brazil. He describes Brazil as the New Syria where the Syrian community is wealthier and finer than in Colombia. He…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_06_19230929_001.pdf

Date: 1923 Nov 3
Letter from Dicran Basmaji to Jerji Saykali. He sends his greetings to him and his family. He expresses his happiness at working together.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_06_19231103_001.pdf

Date: 1923 Nov 19
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings and kisses to his mother and sisters. He tells him about his meeting with their newly arrived cousins. He also tells him about discovering oil in the city of San Adreas.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_06_19231119_001.pdf

Date: 1923 Nov 29
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings to his mother and sisters. He also tells him about a journey [location not disclosed].
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_06_19231129_001.pdf

Date: 1924 Jan 1
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings to his mother and sisters. He asks him about the state of Syria. He expresses his happiness at receiving the pictures of his family in Zahleh. He tells him about business income…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240101_001.pdf

Date: 1924 Jan 20
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He tells him about America and that only 10% of the arriving people are having a successful life, whereas 50% are having a medium life, and others are dying from poverty and misery. People think they will…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240120_001.pdf

Date: 1924 Feb 7
Letter from Michel to his sister Victoria. He sends his greetings.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240207_002.pdf

Date: 1924 Feb 7
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings and kisses to his mother and sisters. He asks Georges to trust him. He tells him that the economic situation in Cartagena is bad.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240207_003.pdf

Date: 1924 Feb 7
Letter from Michel to his sister Shafika. He sends his greetings.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240207_004.pdf

Date: 1924 Mar 10
Letter from Michel to his brother, mother and sisters. He sends his greetings and kisses to them. He tells them about the bad economic situation. He informs them that he has sent them 100 American dollars.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240310_001.pdf

Date: 1924 Apr 8
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings and kisses to his mother and sisters. He asks Georges not to believe what Rizk al-Rabbath is saying about him. He tells him that he didn't do anything against the law.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240408_001.pdf

Date: 1924 May 15
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges, his mother, and his sisters. He sends his greetings. He tells them that he ended his partnership in Cartagena and that he will stay sole owner of his store. He expresses his hesitation about the visit of his…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240515_001.pdf

Date: 1924 June 4
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings and kisses to his mother and sisters. He informs him that he is sending them 30 English pounds. He also tells him how much he respects the conditions and laws related to his…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240604_001.pdf

Date: 1924 June 19
Letter from Michel to his sister Victoria and his brother Georges. He expresses his happiness for receiving letters from them. He asks them if they had left Beirut for the mountains.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240619_001.pdf

Date: 1924 June 19
Letter from Michel to his sister Shafika. He sends his greetings to the relatives and his kisses to his mother. He expresses how much he is missing his family and wishes to come back very soon.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240619_002.pdf

Date: 1924 July 29
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings and kisses to his mother and sisters. He tells him about the arrival of Mrs. Salma Moulouk to the country and that he is sending with her 2 rings and 3 watches and a piece of gold with…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240729_001.pdf

Date: 1924 Aug 13
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He asks him if Mrs. Salma Moulouk has arrived in Beirut. He exchanges some ideas about the philosophy of nature and how all people are born as equals. He also expresses his conviction about luck and that the…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240813_001.pdf

Date: 1924 Nov 5
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings to his mother and sisters. He tells him about trading in Cartagena. He asks him to prepare for their travel from Beirut to Colombia after Easter. He also informs him that he owns 35…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19241105_001.pdf

Date: 1924 Dec 25
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He asks him to continue the preparations for the coming of the family to Colombia. He informs him that he has sent him 50 English pounds. He also sends his greetings to his mother and sisters.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19241225_001.pdf

Date: 1925 Mar 13
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He informs him that his partnership in Bogota is finished and that he has opened a new grocery shop in Cartagena. He also sends his greetings and kisses to his mother and sisters.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_08_19250313_001.pdf

Date: 1925 May 28
Letter from Georges to his brother Michel. He discusses the idea of establishing a new business in Paris where they could gather again. He also sends the greetings of their mother and sisters.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_08_19250528_001.pdf

Date: 1925 Sept 25
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He expresses his approval on Georges's idea to move to Paris and establish a new business there together.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_08_19250925_001.pdf

Date: 1926 Jan 1
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings and kisses to his mother and sisters. He also wishes them a Happy New Year. He informs him about his plan to come back to his homeland at the end of 1926. He also tells him how much 1925…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_09_19260101_001.pdf

Date: 1926 Jan 28
Letter from Mariam Srour to her cousin Jerji Saykali. She sends greetings and tells him about the state of Cartagena regarding weather and business.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_09_19260128_001.pdf

Date: 1926 Mar 20
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings. He tells him about his good health and the bad state of the economic situation.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_09_19260320_001.pdf

Date: 1926 Apr 19
Letter from an unknown person to Georges Saykali. He sends greetings. He tells him about the hard life in Colombia. He also sends him 100 English pounds.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_09_19260419_001.pdf

Date: 1926 May 1
Letter from Michel Hayek to his cousin Georges Saykali. He sends greetings to the family. He advises him to come alone to Paris.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_09_19260501_001.pdf

Date: 1926 May 7
Letter from Michel Saykali to his mother. He sends greetings and kisses. He shares with her the belief that the mother is everything in life.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_09_19260507_001.pdf

Date: 1926 July 2
Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges. He sends greetings and kisses to the family. He tells him about the improving of the business. He also asks him about the situation on his homeland and Beirut and the state of the relatives.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_09_19260702_001.pdf

Date: 1926 Oct 9
Letter from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel asking him to take care of himself and to enjoy his life and his wealth.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_09_19261008_001.pdf

Date: 1926 Oct 20
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges informing him that he has sent him 200 dollars.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_09_19261020_001.pdf

Date: 1926 Nov 21
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings to his family. He tells him about his good health and the improving state of the economic situation.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_09_19261121_001.pdf

Date: 1927 Mar 24
Letter from a cousin to Georges Saykali. He sends greetings. He tells how much he misses him.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_10_19270000_001.pdf

Date: 1928 Jan 1
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings and kisses to the family. He tells him that he has sent a golden pin and a piece of platinum. He asks him not to postpone his wedding.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_10_19270101_001.pdf

Date: 1927 Feb 2
Letter from Michel Saykali to his mother. He expresses his happiness at receiving a letter from her. He sends greetings and kisses.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_10_19270202_001.pdf

Date: 1927 Mar 6
Letter from Georges to his brother Michel. He sends him the greetings of the family and asks him to return to his family soon.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_10_19270306_001.pdf

Date: 1927 Mar 20
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings and kisses to the family. He informs him that he is ending his business with his partner. He also tells him that he has sent him 200 dollars.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_10_19270420_001.pdf

Date: 1927 May 12
Letter from Michel to Tanios Rbeyz and to his sisters Shafika, Zakiyi, and Victoria. He sends his greetings and expresses his warm feeling towards them.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_10_19270512_001.pdf

Date: 1927 June 17
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings to the family. He tells him that he will do everything to be able to come back to his homeland and meet his family again. He also tells him about Mr. Edmond Menassa who is an excellent…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_10_19270617_001.pdf

Date: 1927 July 11
Letter from Georges to his brother Michel. He sends greetings. He tells that he has sent him some handbags.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_10_19270711_001.pdf

Date: 1927 Aug 3
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings and kisses to the family. He tells him about his business travels.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_10_19270803_001.pdf

Date: 1927 Sept 2
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings to the family. He informs him that he has received the handbags. He asks him about the news related to earthquakes in Syria and Palestine.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_10_19270920_001.pdf

Date: 1927 Nov 5
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings to the family. He tells him about the coming back of their cousins Wadia and Nasim. He informs him that he has sent 50 pounds.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_10_19271108_001.pdf
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